Japanese Dictionary

Words

1000 words found
  • Reading and JLPT level

    理由

    JLPT 4
    Kana Reading
    りゆう
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
      Meaning
      reason; pretext; motive
      Example sentence
      別の理由があるね？どう？図星でしょう？ There's another reason, isn't there? Well, how did I do? I bet I hit the mark.
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  • Reading and JLPT level

    裏

    JLPT 4
    Kana Reading
    うら
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
      Meaning
      bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side
      Example sentence
      靴の裏にガムがこびりついちゃった。 There's gum stuck to the back of my shoe.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      rear; back; behind (the house)
      Example sentence
      裏には裏がある。 There are wheels within wheels.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      lining; inside
      Example sentence
      裏には裏がある。 There are wheels within wheels.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      out of sight; behind the scenes
      Example sentence
      田中さんの特徴的な癖毛が耳の裏で跳ねている。 Mrs Tanaka's characteristic curly hair was sticking up behind her ear.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      proof
      Example sentence
      ものにはたいてい表と裏がある。 With most things there's both what you see and what's behind it.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.)
      Example sentence
      裏に何かあると思わずにはいられなかった。 I could not but suspect that there was something behind it.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
      Example sentence
      裏から手を回してくれるよ。 He can pull strings for you.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)
      Example sentence
      歩きすぎて、足の裏と足の指が痛い。靴のサイズがあってないのかな。 All this walking is killing the soles of my feet and my toes. I wonder if I have the right size shoes.
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  • Reading and JLPT level

    無理

    JLPT 4
    Kana Reading
    むり
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
      Meaning
      unreasonable; impossible; overdoing
      Example sentence
      これを信じろって方が無理だな。 You can't ask us to believe this.
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Kanji

97 kanji found

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